فربه

Persian

Alternative forms

• فربی (farbi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plpyh /⁠frabīh⁠/), from Old Persian *frapīδwa-, a combination of Proto-Iranian *fra- and *piHtú (“fat, tallow”) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *piHtú. Equivalent to فرـ (far-) +‎ پیه (pih, “fat, tallow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /far.ˈbih/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.be̞ʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.be̞ʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.bɪ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.bi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.beʱ], [fæɹ.be]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.beʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	farbih
Dari reading?	farbeh
Iranian reading?	farbeh, farbe
Tajik reading?	farbeh

Adjective

Dari	فربه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	фарбеҳ

فربه • (farbeh)

1. fat, corpulent

   Synonym: چاق (čâq)

2. copious, plenty

Derived terms

• فربهی (farbehi, “corpulence”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: fərbeh
• → Baluchi: فربہ (farbah)
• → Chagatai: فربه (frbh)
• → Ottoman Turkish: فربه (ferbih)
• → Urdu: فربہ (farbah)

References

• Bartholomae, Christian (1904), Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 984
• Horn, Paul (1893), Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 81 Nr. 365
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895), Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 84 Nr. 813